Background
Nickel, Horst Wilhelm was born on September 30, 1929 in Spangenberg, Hessen, Germany. Son of Konrad and Marie Nickel.
Nickel, Horst Wilhelm was born on September 30, 1929 in Spangenberg, Hessen, Germany. Son of Konrad and Marie Nickel.
Teacher examination, Teachers College, Weilburg/Lahn, Federal Republic Germany, 1953. Diploma in psychology, University Marburg/Lahn, Federal Republic Germany, 1961. Doctor of Philosophy, University Erlangen-Nuernberg, Federal Republic Germany, 1965.
Teacher, primary school, Hessen, 1953-1957; lecturer, Teachers College, Weilburg, Lahn, 1957-1962; lecturer, U. Bayreuth, Federal Republic Germany, 1962-1965; senior lecturer, U. Hamburg, Federal Republic Germany, 1965-1967; professor, Teachers College, Flensburg, Federal Republic Germany, 1967-1969; professor, Teachers College, Bonn, Federal Republic Germany, 1969-1972; professor psychology, department chairman, U. Düsseldorf, Federal Republic Germany, 1972-1994; emeritus professor, U. Düsseldorf, Federal Republic Germany, since 1994. Consultant professor department psychology U. Georgia, Athens, 1987-1991.
Member German Society for Psychology, International Society Pre- and Perinatal Psychology and Medicine, International Society for Study Behavioural Development.
Married Irmtraud Ulm, September 26, 1959. Children: Wolfram, Cordula.